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Tossing out the family history binders
Yes! I am finally doing it. It’s a little scary but I know it is the right thing for me. Ever since my shock cancer diagnosis in August 2019, I have been weeding and downsizing my family history records that reflect 44 years of research. A truly daunting task with a...
Genealife in Lock down
It's National Family History Month and I'm looking at the positives and the negatives of doing family history in covid times. It has been an interesting 18 months around the world with Covid raging, in some countries more than others. In Australia we have been...
Review on the Family history show 20 Feb 2021
In pre Covid times, I used to try and get to as many Australasian genealogy conferences as I could in person. Catch up with friends, meet speakers and network with colleagues. Travel may have disappeared for a while but all is not lost. One of the few benefits of...
Australia Day 2020 Challenge: C’mon Aussie
Back in 2014, one of my favourite bloggers, Cassmob, issued an Australia Day Challenge C'mon Aussie geneameme in which I participated. My answers are below plus an update (in bold) six years on. CLIMBING YOUR FAMILY’S GUM TREE My first ancestor to arrive in Australia...
Accentuate the Positive Geneameme 2020
Each year, for the last few years, Jill Ball (aka Geniaus) invites us to take part in this activity by responding to the following statements/questions in a blog post. Write as much or as little as you want and complete as many statements as you wish. If you wish to...
Lest We Forget – Remembrance Day & Frederick Trevaskis
Six years ago, on 8 November 2014 I blogged about Frederick Trevaskis and how he died on the battlefield in Belgium on 13 October 1917. Each ANZAC and Remembrance Day I like to do a tribute to one of my military ancestors. Frederick Trevaskis was a distant cousin (my...
Report on Genealogical Society of Queensland’s Exploring Irish Ancestry Seminar, Oct 2020
Due to Covid times, this was a virtual event and first up I missed not seeing in person many of my friends and colleagues. These annual seminars are always a great way to catch up with people. Being virtual does also bring some advantages in that we had talks from two...
Review of Christchurch Family History Virtual Expo 15 August 2020
August is National Family History Month in Australia and New Zealand. Over the last decade, I have had the opportunity a number of times to visit New Zealand for their annual family history expo in Auckland. This year due to COVID 19, attending was not an option so I...
Preparing Your Family Records for Hand Over Month 5 Progress Report
In November 2019 I set a 12 month personal genealogy blog challenge - Preparing Your Family History for Hand Over in the Future. Read about the issues I am going to tackle over the next 12 months and follow my progress. It is obviously a topic that resonates with lots...
Preparing Your Family Records for Hand Over Month 4 Progress Report
In November 2019 I set a 12 month personal genealogy blog challenge - Preparing Your Family History for Hand Over in the Future. Read about the issues I am going to tackle over the next 12 months and follow my progress. It is obviously a topic that resonates with lots...
Speaker with two talks - Mining ancestors in Australia and Researching at the National Archives of Australia.